Costs of Different Customer Classes Kaune Food Products Company manufactures canned mixed nuts with an average manufacturing cost of $48 per case (a case contains 24 cans of nuts). Kaune sold 154,000 cases last year to the following three classes of customer: Customer Price per Case   Cases Sold Supermarkets   $60         80,000     Small grocers   96         44,000     Convenience stores   92         30,000     The supermarkets require special labeling on each can costing $0.02 per can. They order through electronic data interchange (EDI), which costs Kaune about $57,000 annually in operating expenses and depreciation. Kaune delivers the nuts to the stores and stocks them on the shelves. This distribution costs $44,000 per year. The small grocers order in smaller lots that require special picking and packing in the factory; the special handling adds $20 to the cost of each case sold. Sales commissions to the independent jobbers who sell Kaune products to the grocers average 7 percent of sales. Bad debts expense amounts to 8 percent of sales. Convenience stores also require special handling that costs $29 per case. In addition, Kaune is required to co-pay advertising costs with the convenience stores at a cost of $12,000 per year. Frequent stops are made to each convenience store by Kaune delivery trucks at a cost of $24,000 per year. Required: 1. Calculate the total cost per case for each of the three customer classes. Round intermediate calculations and final answers to four decimal places. Use the rounded values for subsequent requirements.   Total Cost Per Case Supermarkets $fill in the blank 1 Small grocers $fill in the blank 2 Convenience stores $fill in the blank 3 2. Using the costs from Requirement 1, calculate the profit per case per customer class. Round intermediate computations to four decimal places and final answers to two decimal places.   Profit Percentage Per Case Supermarkets fill in the blank 4 % Small grocers fill in the blank 5 % Convenience stores fill in the blank 6 % Does the cost analysis support the charging of different prices?   3. What if Kaune charged the average price per case to all customer classes? How would that affect the profit percentages?(pick option A B or C) A. the profit percentage for all customers would increase B. The profit Percentage for the small grocers and convenience stores would increase C. The profit for the supermarkets would increase

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  1. Costs of Different Customer Classes

    Kaune Food Products Company manufactures canned mixed nuts with an average manufacturing cost of $48 per case (a case contains 24 cans of nuts). Kaune sold 154,000 cases last year to the following three classes of customer:

    Customer Price per
    Case
      Cases
    Sold
    Supermarkets   $60         80,000    
    Small grocers   96         44,000    
    Convenience stores   92         30,000    

    The supermarkets require special labeling on each can costing $0.02 per can. They order through electronic data interchange (EDI), which costs Kaune about $57,000 annually in operating expenses and depreciation. Kaune delivers the nuts to the stores and stocks them on the shelves. This distribution costs $44,000 per year.

    The small grocers order in smaller lots that require special picking and packing in the factory; the special handling adds $20 to the cost of each case sold. Sales commissions to the independent jobbers who sell Kaune products to the grocers average 7 percent of sales. Bad debts expense amounts to 8 percent of sales.

    Convenience stores also require special handling that costs $29 per case. In addition, Kaune is required to co-pay advertising costs with the convenience stores at a cost of $12,000 per year. Frequent stops are made to each convenience store by Kaune delivery trucks at a cost of $24,000 per year.

    Required:

    1. Calculate the total cost per case for each of the three customer classes. Round intermediate calculations and final answers to four decimal places. Use the rounded values for subsequent requirements.

      Total Cost Per Case
    Supermarkets $fill in the blank 1
    Small grocers $fill in the blank 2
    Convenience stores $fill in the blank 3

    2. Using the costs from Requirement 1, calculate the profit per case per customer class. Round intermediate computations to four decimal places and final answers to two decimal places.

      Profit Percentage Per Case
    Supermarkets fill in the blank 4 %
    Small grocers fill in the blank 5 %
    Convenience stores fill in the blank 6 %

    Does the cost analysis support the charging of different prices?
     

    3. What if Kaune charged the average price per case to all customer classes? How would that affect the profit percentages?(pick option A B or C)

    A. the profit percentage for all customers would increase B. The profit Percentage for the small grocers and convenience stores would increase C. The profit for the supermarkets would increase
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